Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5
मर्त्यलोकेस्थितं विप्राः सर्वतीर्थफलप्रदम् । सर्वेष्वेतेषु यः स्नाति स सर्वेषां फलं लभेत्
martyalokesthitaṃ viprāḥ sarvatīrthaphalapradam | sarveṣveteṣu yaḥ snāti sa sarveṣāṃ phalaṃ labhet
হে বিপ্রগণ, মর্ত্যলোকে অবস্থিত এই (তীর্থসমূহ) সর্বতীর্থের ফল প্রদানকারী। যে এ সকল তীর্থে স্নান করে, সে সকলের পূর্ণ ফল লাভ করে।
Sūta (implied by immediate narrative context of Sūta–ṛṣi dialogue in this adhyāya sequence)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Viprāḥ / Ṛṣis
Scene: Pilgrims bathing sequentially at multiple tīrthas, while a subtle cosmic halo suggests ‘all tīrthas’ reflected within the waters; sages bless them from the bank.
FAQs
Pilgrimage and ritual bathing, when performed in the ordained sacred circuit, can confer comprehensive tīrtha-merit and purify one’s life in the human realm.
The verse praises a set of enumerated tīrthas in Nāgarakhaṇḍa (Adhyāya 199) collectively, presenting them as a complete sacred circuit.
Snāna (ritual bathing) across the stated tīrthas, with the promise of receiving the combined fruit (phala) of all.